Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Sussex Nepheline-syenite Sill, Libertyville, Wantage Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 459
Youngest recorded age at locality: 415

mindat Locality ID: 12955
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-12955.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sussex Nepheline-syenite Sill, Libertyville, Wantage Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°13'0"N
Longitude: 74°38'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.216666666667,-74.633333333333

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Clay	Feldspar	Mica	None	Pyroxene	Titanite	Tridymite

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al Ca Fe H K Na O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H K Na O Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Feldspar Mica None Pyroxene Titanite Tridymite

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Titanite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	459	415	1022
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	459	415	17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	459	415	884
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	459	415	2349
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	459	415	4899

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	AJS265_848-00010	459	415	437±22	K-Ar			biotite	260B		Yes				12308	Beemerville Main Nepheline-syenite Mass, Libertyville, Wantage Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	Beemerville	Zartman et al. (1967)	10.2475/ajs.265.10.848	AJS265_848
	AJS265_848-00011	459	415	437±22	K-Ar			biotite	261B		Yes				12308	Beemerville Main Nepheline-syenite Mass, Libertyville, Wantage Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	Beemerville	Zartman et al. (1967)	10.2475/ajs.265.10.848	AJS265_848

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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